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“Fetterbush”: why common names are not enough

“Fetterbush”: why common names are not enough

For an embarrassingly long time, I was unable to identify this shrub despite its unique winter characteristics. So for years I simply referred to it as the “purple bud bush”. On a walk with the local botany club a few years ago, the leader provided me with a name: “fetterbush”. I was happy to have something more specific to call it, and until today, I’d left it at that.  In attempting to look up some interesting information about fetterbush to…

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